Oil-can.



- No 721,606. -PATENTED PEB.'24,1903. w. A; REINEGKE.

OIL CAN.

APPLICATION 1511.31) my 17 1902.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

-WI LLI AM AJREINEOKE, OF HEIZER, KANSAS.

" OIL-CAN.

SPEOIFICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 721,606, dated February 24, 1903.

r Application filed m 17,1902. Serial No. 107,840. (No model.)

To all whom/ it may concern;

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. REINEoKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Heizer, in the county of Barton and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Oil-Cans, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in oil-cans, and pertains more particularly to that class in which airrpressure is used to force the oiltherefrom. a

The object of. myinvention is to provide'an oil-can in which oil is automatically cutoff or allowed to flow with a steady stream.

Another object of my invention is to provide a can in which the oil is forced there-.

from by air-pressure and one'in which the desired pressure is kept within'the can proper;

A still further object of my invention is to provide a cheap, simple, and more effective device to accomplish the above results.

In the accompanying drawings; Figure lis a side view of my oil-can; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawings, A represents the body ofa can, which may be made of any desired curvature, but is preferably made round and of the form shown. The upper portion of the said body is provided with the conical-shaped spout B, which is preferably elongated, which allows it to be inserted in theoil-cups or other place for which a can of this character is adapted to be used. Intermediate the ends of said spout is a valveseat b, which has its seat proper, b, on the side adjacent thecan- .The lowerend of said spout is provided with atransverse bar 0, having an opening 0 therein. Passing through said opening is a rod D, which has its outer end (1 passing outthrough the contracted end of the spout and extending therebeyond a short distance. The said rod carries a valve d, which is adapted to fit within the valve-seat b and to close the opening, so that theeoil cannot flow therefrom. The normal position of the said valve is resting firmly against the seat, and this is accomplished by having a coil-spring E surrounding the rod D between the valve d and the transverse bar G, whereby when the outer end dof the rod D is forced in it unseats the valve and allows the oil to flow from the can. When the pressure on said rod D is released, the spring will immediately seat the valve, and thus close the opening and cut oif'the flow of oil.

In order to insure a steady flow of oil when the valve is unseated, I provide a means for forcing air into the can. This construction consists of a separate tank or compartment adjacent the lower portion of the can.

The receptacle can be made within the can but I prefer the form shown in the drawings, and

in this form l provide a separate receptacle or compartment F on the opposite side of the can proper and near the lower edge thereof. The said compartment is preferably below the handle, for a purposehereinafter more fully described. The said'compartment F has an openvof said air chamber is a longitudinally extending cylinder I, forming an air-pump. Connecting the upper portion of said cylinder or pump to the body of the can is a bar 7;,

by means of which the can is handled. The lower end of the cylinder I is provided with a valve-seat J, and below said seat and extending transverse thereof is a bar j, having an opening j. Passing through said opening is a valve-stem K, which carries at its upper end the valve is, and surrounding said stem, between the bar and the valve, is a coilspring normally upwardly holding the valve in its seat. Within the cylinder or pump is a piston L, having the upwardly-extending piston-rod'l, which carries an operating-handle M, by means of which the piston is reciprocated.

The operation of my device is as follows: The pump is reciprocated, thus compressing the air within the chamber or tank F, and the spout is then placed upon the device or article to be oiled, at the same time forcing the rod D inward and unseating the valve. At

releasing said valve, an upwardly-extending pump carried by the upper end of said tank, a valve-seat within the pump above the tank, a valve having a stem projecting within the tank, a spring surrounding said stem between the valve and the tank, and a bar connecting the upper end of said pump with the receptacle, substantially as described.

2. An oiler comprising a receptacle, a tank in communication with the lower end of the receptacle, a spring-pressed valve controlling said communication, a rod carried by said valve and extending through the side of the tank and carrying an operating-knob, a pump in communication with the said receptacle, and a valve controlling the communication between the pump and the tank and operated by the pump, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM A. REINEOKE.

WVitnesses:

JACOB HOLMAN, E. W. STERLING. 

